LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Jane Douglas
The schooner Jane Douglas, of Gloucester, bound from Plymouth for Liverpool, showed signals of distress at 5.40 on the morning of the 17th November. The Holyhead No. 1 Life-boat, Thomas Fielden, immediately put off, and on reaching the...
Fishing Boats (1)
Seven of the fishing-boats belonging to Holy Island were at sea fishing on the 22nd January when the S.E. wind in- creased to a gale, and the sea became very heavy. At 8.30 A.M. the Life-boat Grace Darling was launched, manned by a scratch...
Contents
PORTRAIT OF A COXSWAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 NOTES OF THE QUARTER 3 SUMMARY OF THE YEAR'S WORK 4 RESCUE BY BOARDING BOAT IN NEAR GALE 5 RESCUE...
Category: Contents
A Sponsored Swim Undertaken By Pupils of Winton Junior School Bournemouth In April Raised £432 Anthony Oliver Dos (South) Demonstrates a Line Throwing Apparatus to Some of the Children
A sponsored swim undertaken by pupils of Winton Junior School, Bournemouth in April raised £432.
Anthony Oliver, DOS (South) demonstrates a line throwing apparatus to some of the children at the school, while Mary... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Steamer
A steamer of 6,000 tons register stranded in the neighbourhood of the Skullmartin Rock in the early morning of the 9th November. Information of the casualty reached Donaghadee shortly after 5 A.M., and the crew of the Motor Life-boat William...
A Mustang Aeroplane
JULY 29TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX. At 11.23 in the morning the Fairlight coastguard reported that a Mustang aeroplane had come down in the sea two and a half miles from Hastings. A light south-west wind was blowing, with a slight sea. The motor...
Awards to Coxswains Crews and Shore Helpers
Awards To Coxswains, Crews and Shore Helpers The following coxswains, members of lifeboat crews and shore helpers were awarded certificates of service on their retirement and, in addition, those entitled to them by the Institution's...
Category: Awards
Obituary
ADMIRAL JOHN HALLIDAY CAVE, C.B., V.P.—The Institution has sustained a grievous loss through the death of Admiral Cave, who passed away at his residence, 17, Palace Gate, Kensington, on Sunday, the 31st March, in his 86th...
Category: Obituaries
A lifesaving foundation
The RNLI has pledged to provide every all-weather lifeboat crew with a 25-knot lifeboat by 2019. But the links in our supply chain are increasing and the availability of lifeboat building expertise is unpredictable. Our...
Category: Articles
January (1)
JANUARY MEETING NAIRN, MORAYSHIRE. About 11.15 on the night of the 13th of November, 1945, an R.A.F. Warwick aeroplane was seen by the Lossiemouth coastguard to crash in the sea in flames, six to eight miles in a north-easterly direction...
Category: Services